Amending promotional program registration service in Vietnam

• Sale of goods or provision of services together with participation by customers in promotional games of chance in connection with the purchase of goods or services and winning of prizes due to chance of participants according to rules and prizes already announced (promotional programs of chance);
• Other forms of sales promotion if approved by the State management agency in charge of commerce.

• After registering for a promotion (ie the promotional program content has been previously registered);
• Before amending or supplementing a promotion program, traders must register amendments and supplements to the content of the promotion program to the state management agency where they are registered.

The time limit is based on:

• Date of receipt recorded on the postal bill of lading or equivalent form in case of sending by post;
• Date recorded on the application receipt in case of direct submission;
• The time recorded on the email system or based on the date recorded on the system in case of submission via the online public service system.

• Department of Industry and Trade for promotional programs of chance carried out in a province or centrally run city;
• Ministry of Industry and Trade (Department of Trade Promotion) for promotional programs of chance carried out in areas of 2 or more centrally-affiliated provinces and cities and promotional programs in other forms.

• Submit by mail to the Department of Industry and Trade where the promotion is held;
• Submit directly at the headquarters of the Department of Industry and Trade where the promotion is held;
• Submit via email with an electronic signature or a scanned copy of the Promotion Notice signed and stamped by the trader to the email address announced by the Department of Industry and Trade;
• Use the online public service system.

• Step 1: Trader submits 01 set of documents to the receiving agency.
• Step 2: Within 05 working days from the date of receiving the application for registration of amendments and supplements, the receiving agency will review and respond to confirm or not confirm the registration of amendments and supplements. content of merchants’ promotional programs; In case of non-confirmation, the reason must be clearly stated according to the provisions of the law.

Fine from 10,000,000 VND to 20,000,000 VND for individuals, 20,000,000 VND to 40,000,000 VND for organizations and businesses.

• Law on Commercial 2005;
• Decree No. 81/2018/ND-CP detailing the Commercial Law on trade promotion activities, as amended and supplemented by Decree 17/2020/ND-CP;
• Decree No. 98/2020/ND-CP stipulating penalties for administrative violations in commercial activities, production and trading of counterfeit and banned goods, and protecting consumer rights, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. Decision 17/2022/ND-CP.

a) Name of trader conducting promotion;

b) Name of the promotion program;

c) Area where promotions are carried out (provinces and cities where traders conduct promotions);

d) Form of promotion;

d) Promotional goods and services;

e) Goods and services used for promotion (prizes, gifts);

g) Promotion implementation time;

h) Customers of the promotion program (promotion beneficiaries);

i) Prize structure and total prize value of the promotion program;

k) Detailed content of the promotion program (promotion program rules);

l) In case many merchants coordinate to implement a promotion program, the registration content must clearly state the names of the participating merchants, specific participation content and specific responsibilities of each participating merchant. performed in the program.